Health Law Reporter Index-Summary

QUALITY OF CARE

– Accountable care organizations (ACOs)

See ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS (ACOs)

– Cal., patient care standards preempted by Medicare Advantage (Cal.), 413
– First Amendment, fired physician public employee but not speaking about public concern (N.D. Ill.), 1420
– HCQIA

See HEALTH CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACT (HCQIA)

– Health care-associated infections, state reporting programs, 1129
– Hospital outpatient services, new measures

– – Final rule changes physician supervision requirement, 1526
– – Proposed rule, 945

– Intervention by government in qui tam suit alleging medically substandard and unnecessary services by staff surgeon (S.D. Ga.), 495
– Joint Commission standards

See JOINT COMMISSION

– LTCHs, information sought by Senate Fin. Comm. leaders, 342
– NCQA

See NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE (NCQA)

– Nursing homes

– – Corporate negligence allegedly led to patient death, claims against owner and manager (Pa. Super. Ct.), 1070
– – St. Louis-area owner agrees to pay over $1M in fines (E.D. Mo.), 75

– Organ transplant coordinator's retaliation claim fails because all statements within scope of employment (10th Cir.), 271
– Outlook 2010, top health law issues, 5
– Pay-for-performance

See PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS

– Physician rankings, Cal. doctors sue Blues plan over online program (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1295
– PPACA will improve quality, Berwick tells Senate panel, 1642
– Psychiatric care facilities, NYC hospital agrees to correct systemic deficiencies (E.D.N.Y.), 78
– Voluntary reporting of safety data, federal law implementation slow, report, 193